Cigar holder and ash receptacle



- Feb. 1925- 1,527,402

F.A.FULLER CIGAR HOLDER AND ASH RECEPTACLE Filed July 2, 1919 Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

, UNITED STATES 1,527,402 PATENT OFFICE.

Emmz A. FULLER, or NEWARK, NEW JEnsEY, AssroNon 110 THE J E. MERGOTT OOMIANY, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR HOLDER AND ASH REGEPTACLE.

Application filed July 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Holders and Ash Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My invention has reference 'to improvements in combined cigar holder and ash receptacle, for the placing therein of cigar ashes, burnt matches, and the like, and provided with means for supporting cigars, cigarettes, etc.

This invention relates more particularly to a novel construction of a combined cigar holder, and ash receptacle, comprising an upper and a lower shell, the lower shell at Y its upper edge being provided with holding means, and the upper shell at its lower edge being provided with locking means, said locking means having locking engagement with said holding means, the upper shell being further provided with an aperture in which is pivotally mounted upon a horizontal rod extending across said aperture, a dish-shaped tray composed of separate half portions, said half portions being provided with apertured lugs by means of which they are pivotally connected to said rod, the half portions being provided with contacting portions designed to engage with the wall of the aperture to limit the upward movement thereof, each of said half portions having a horizontal extension and acting in the double capacity of a cigar rest and as a handle for moving said half portions.

The principal object' of this invention therefore, is to-produce a cigar holder and ash receptacle, for the purposes above enumerated, which shall be neat in appearance,

and shall be of a simple, strong and durable construction, thus providing a device consisting of but two parts, said parts being of such shape as to lend themselvesreadily to manufacture by the 'use of suitable punches and dies from ordinary sheet metal, and can be readily and conveniently taken apart for the purpose of removing the 1919. Serial m. 308,091.

ashes, burnt matches, etc., and then again assembled.

My present invention therefore consists in the novel construction of'a.combined cigar holder and ash receptacle embodying the principles hereinabove mentioned, and of a character to be more fully described in the following specification.

This invention consists furthermore in the several novel arrangements and combinations of the various parts, as well as in the details of construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to this specification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents, a side elevation, partly in section, of the preferred form of my improved device. a

Figure 2 represents, a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 represents, a bottom view of the upper shell; and

Figure at represents, a plan -view of the lower shell. 7

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the complete device, which consists essentially of an upper and lower shell, namely, the lower ash receptacle 2 and the upper shell 3, se cured to said ash receptacle in a manner hereinafter described.

A dish-shaped tray composed of separate half portions is pivotallymounted upon a horizontally arranged rod, which is conveniently secured in any desired or convenient manner to the upper portion of the upper shell, preferably on the inside thereof, through which ashes, matches, etc., may pass into the lower shell or ash receptacle 2.

The lower shell or ash receptacle 2' is formed as shown in the drawings, of a single piece of suitable sheet metal, the circumferk ential edge being provided with a plurality of ihtegral holding ears 4, extending outwardlyitherefrom, said ears 4 being preferably four in number to correspond w1th the recesses 5 formed in the inturned flange 6 which is locatednon the lower circumferential edge of the upper shell, said flange forming a guide for centering said holder 3 on the ash receptacle 2.

The'integral ears 4 on the ash receptacle are designed to enter the recesses 5 formed in the flange 6 so that when the sections are turned in opposite directions the cars will have frictional engagement with said flange and will be interlocked therein and guided thereby, thus securely locking the two sec; tions together and separation thereof.

Extending across the aperture in the upper shell is a horizontal rod 7, adapted for removing the ashes from the end of a cigar, the ends of which are preferably secured in apertured brackets 88, which are secured to the inside of the upper shell in any desired or convenient manner and located in close,

proximity of said aperture. 1

iv'otally mounted upon the horizontal rod 7 is a dish-shaped tray composed of separate half portions 99, said half portions being provided with apertured lugs 1313 by meansof which they are pivotally connected to said rod 7, said half portions 99 being further provided with downwardly extending portions 11-11 designed to engage with the wall 12 of the aperture to limit the upward movement of said half portions, and each of said half portions being further provided with hori- -zontal extensions '10, acting in the double capacity of a cigar rest and asa handle for moving said half portions when it is desired to permit the ashes, matches, etc to pass into the lower shell or ash receptacle 2.

The operation of my device is readily seen from the drawings. By lifting either one or both of the cigar rests or horizontal extensions 10'of the two separable half portions of the tray they are caused to tilt in opposite directions and deposit their contents in the ash receptacle 2, and upon return of said half portions to their normal position they act as a closed cover for the upper-shell.

preventing accidental I ferred embodiment of my present invention,

sired to either separate the two sections for the purpose of cleaning them or putting them together after they have been separated.-

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a highly efficient one, and while I have shown the pre- I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described,

- as obvious modifications thereof, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made by "any skilled mechanic, and such departures from what is herein set forth, I consider withim the scope and terms of my claim.

I claim. I

In a combined cigar holder and ash receptacle provided with means for detach- .ably connecting both pieces, apertured brackets secured on the inside of one of said pieces, a horizontal rodhaving its ends secured in said brackets and adapted for removing the ashes from the end of a cigar, a dish-shaped tray composed of separate halfportions provided with apertured lugs for pi votally suspending said half-portions from said rod, downwardly extending parts on said half-portionsv for limiting the upward movement ofthe same, and upper horizontal extensions cigar rests and handles ,for manipulating said half-portions to permit ashes and matches to pass into the lower, shell-shaped piece of the holder and receptacle.

This specification this 30th day of June 1919.

' FIiANZ A. FULLER.

Witnesses 1 FREDK. O; FISCHER W. H. CoNKLIN.

signed and witnessed 

